Pakistan’s health ministry will accelerate regulatory approvals to allow Phase III clinical trials of a new hepatitis delta treatment, amid warnings that the virus is an escalating public health threat The decision was made at a high-level meeting chaired by Federal Health Minister Mustafa Kamal, attended by representatives of Chinese pharmaceutical firm Huahui Health. The […]
A district administrator in Afghanistan’s Wardak province has warned armed individuals that they cannot carry out operations in Pakistan without official authorisation from the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. Mufti Ali Marjan Majrokh, District Administrator and Police Chief of Daimirdad district, told religious scholars and local residents in Maidan Wardak that “without the command of Ameer […]
A proposed merger between Elon Musk’s SpaceX and xAI, reported exclusively by Reuters on Thursday, could give fresh momentum to Musk’s plan to launch satellite data centres into orbit as he battles for supremacy in the rapidly escalating AI race against tech giants like Alphabet’s Google, Meta, and OpenAI. Here is what we know about […]
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday announced a series of measures aimed at supporting Pakistan’s industrial sector and export-led growth. Electricity tariffs for industries have been cut by Rs4.04 per unit, wheeling charges lowered to Rs9 per unit to allow industries to sell power to neighboring units, and the Export Financing Scheme rate for exporters […]
Veteran Pakistani singer and politician Jawad Ahmed has weighed in on the growing commercialisation of the country’s music industry, questioning what he sees as increasing greed among artists and a widening disconnect from the public. Jawad, a prominent pop figure of the 1990s known for hit songs such as Mehndi, Yeh Dil Walay and Dosti, […]
US President Donald Trump warned Britain against getting into business with Beijing as Prime Minister Keir Starmer lauded the economic benefits of resetting relations with China during a visit there on Friday. As Western leaders reel from Trump’s unpredictability, Starmer is the latest to head to China. In three-hour talks with President Xi Jinping on Thursday, […]
Denmark’s foreign minister said Thursday he was “more optimistic” after technical talks kicked off with the United States over Greenland. “We have had the very first meeting at senior official level in Washington yesterday regarding the Greenlandic issue,” Lars Lokke Rasmussen told journalists at an EU meeting in Brussels. “It went well in a very […]
Iran reacted with fury on Thursday after the EU blacklisted the country’s Revolutionary Guards as a terror group, as Tehran faced off with Washington after US President Donald Trump warned time was running out for a nuclear deal. The European Union piled on mounting pressure on Iran on Thursday by designating the Islamic Revolutionary Guard […]
All-rounder Saim Ayub starred in Pakistan’s spin-assisted 22-run win over Australia in the first Twenty20 international in Lahore on Thursday. Ayub top-scored in Pakistan’s 168-8 with a 22-ball 40 that included two sixes and three fours, while Salman Agha added four sixes and a four in his 27-ball 39. The tourists managed 146-8 in their […]
Russian attacks killed six people in central and southern Ukraine on Thursday, regional authorities and emergency services said. The attacks come as Ukraine grapples with its toughest winter since the start of the war, with Russian strikes cutting heating and power to millions as temperatures linger well below freezing point. In Ukraine’s southern Zaporizhzhia region, […]